Chamaecyparis thyoides

Cupressaceae Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Etymology
Chamaecyparis refers to ‘dwarf/creeping’ and ‘cypress’.
thyoides refers to ‘thyon-like’; indicating a similarity to Tetraclinis articulata (thyon in classical Greek, also used for its wood).

Colloquial Name
Atlantic White cypress, White cypress

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Chamaecyparis thyoides:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 75, CNT, MAI, MAS, MRY, NWH, NWJ, NWY, RHO, 78, ALA, DEL, FLA, GEO, MSI, NCA, SCA, VRG

Habitat
The natural habitats for Chamaecyparis thyoides are subtropical/tropical swampy forests, temperate forests, bogs/marshes/swamps/fens/peatlands . It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1 up to 450 metres. Other conifers associated with Chamaecyparis thyoides are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 5
Chamaecyparis thyoides is hardy to USDA Zone 5 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -28.9C (-20F) to -23.3C (-10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Chamaecyparis thyoides is increasing. There are ongoing threats for Chamaecyparis thyoides and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Chamaecyparis thyoides has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Chamaecyparis thyoides is Chamaecyparis. The coordinate taxa for Chamaecyparis thyoides are therefore:

Chamaecyparis thyoides is further placed under Cupressoideae. Chamaecyparis thyoides is also placed under Cupressaceae.

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Cultivars
‘Andelyensis’, ‘Andelyensis Nana’, ‘Andelys Yellow’, ‘Atrovirens’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Batsto’, ‘Bergman’s Variegated’, ‘Blue Broom’, ‘Blue Rock’, ‘Blue Sport’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Conica’, ‘Dilworth Variegated’, ‘Dirr No. 1’, ‘Ericoides’, ‘Ericoides Glauca’, ‘Fanfare’, ‘Fastigiata’, ‘Fastigiata Glauca’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Glauca Pendula’, ‘Golden Twig’, ‘Heatherbun’, ‘Hopkinton’, ‘Hoveyi’, ‘Kewensis’, ‘Little Jamie’, ‘Meth Dwarf’, ‘Nana’, ‘Purple Heather’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pyramidata’, ‘Raraflora’, ‘Red Star’, ‘Rezek’, ‘Rezek’s Dwarf’, ‘Rubicon’, ‘Schumaker’s Dwarf Blue’, ‘Shiva’, ‘Top Point’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Webb Gold’